I wanted to follow-up on a couple things that were discussed at the CTLI retreat on Friday.
1. PD Plans: Some of you have submitted your PD plans already, which is great. Some of you haven't. As you know, all AUPE and Excluded positions have to go through the required evaluation process before the end of June, so we'll be looking at these plans again then. I'm going to ask Karen if we can submit them to her after we've discussed them as part of the evaluation process. For now, please think about your strengths, what you've accomplished in the last year, and what you would like to accomplish next year. More on this later . . .
2. Strategic Initiatives: As Karen O explained, several of our initiatives were not approved at the Senior Academic Team (SAT) and / or Senior Leadership Team (SLT) levels:
- an AV technologist (with the primary role of supporting video conferencing)
- a Curriculum Consultant focusing on DL
- video conference units
What does this mean for us? Well, there is a small chance that something could happen with funding for these initiatives. As Karen pointed out, the right hand column on her presentation stated "no ongoing funds available. VP discussion for possible alternative solutions". I don't know what the chances are as we've had no further discussion on it.
So this means we need to be thinking about possible alternate solutions. We know these initiatives are badly needed in our department, and we also know that we can't be all things to all people.
To start, let's think about what our priorities are. What are the most important things that we do? Is it possible to reconfigure within our areas? If so, how? Are there things we can say no to? I'm sure that if we work together we will be able to come up with alternatives / solutions. Let's plan to have this conversation later in May when we have more information.
In the meantime, think about possible alternatives. We'll figure something out.
Karen
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